Andrea Rosebrock 
Just a day before the civil hearing to petition for a return of the more than 400 dogs that were seized from Richard and Marjorie Sundberg of Big Lake, they changed their mind and forfeited the dogs.
The Sundbergs are still facing four felony and six misdemeanor charges, four counts of animal cruelty in the first degree, four counts of animal cruelty in the second degree and one count of transporting or confining in an unsafe manner.
Now that the dogs have been forfeited, they can receive the medical care they so desperately need. Due to the fact that they still legally belonged to the Sundbergs, only the most basic or emergency care could be given.
Now that the dogs are legally property of the numerous rescued they have been moved to, the real work can begin. Many of the dogs have already been placed with foster families and some of those families are eager to adopt their charges. Sadly, in many other case, foster families have returned the dogs, finding them too much to handle. Some of the dogs are so emotionally scarred and afraid of people, some have serious medical problems.
All in all, the public is enthusiastic about adopting the dogs and adoptions will begin at the various rescues as soon as the dogs are ready.
For the dogs, this is a best case scenario, they will finally have a chance at a real life.
For the Sundbergs, they still face criminal prosecution as do Jason and Serenna Larsen, a couple who were hired to live in one of the homes owned by one of the Sundberg daughters, Mary Anne Holleman.
The Sundberg daughters, Mary Anne Holleman and Renee Roske, who is believed to be the leader of the organization, have not yet been charged but the investigation into the multi-million dollar operation is still underway. Hopefully they will all face their day in court, their abominable operation shut down for good and they will be the ones looking out from behind cage bars!
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What a darlin’ that pup is. I pray they all get wonderful, loving homes.
Bless all these Sweet Darlings they all DESERVE LOVING HOMES
Thank God they can finally move on and find a furever loving home…..all of these furbabies have been thru enough hell and their lives are way too short to not move on and send them to their new mommies and daddies that will love them for the rest of their lives!
When an animal has been scared as bad as these animals, it takes time and sometimes a lot of time for them to come around. The people that brought the dogs back, probably don’t deserve them anyhow. I once adopted a kitten that had been left out in the cold to freeze and she was very skiddish. It took a long time to get her to come around, but once she did, she was the most loving cat you would ever want to meet. This is true of all animals. They are scared from what they have been through, wouldn’t you be scared if you were treated so badly? I hope these people rot in hell.